Certified Scrum Master Training

A video call of a Scrum between five people, on a laptop.

Our Certified Scrum Master Training introduces the concepts of Agile project leadership using the Scrum methodology. You will leave our training with a deep understanding the core values and principles of Scrum and Agile, the roles in Scrum, how to plan and run Sprint Planning meetings, Daily Scrum meetings, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives, and more.

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How it Works

Our Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Training provides you the best of our live Certified Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Product Owner classes in an interactive, engaging online format.

Our training classes are structured to maximize learning while offering time for deeper issues that are often overlooked in other training options.

  • Live and engaging discussions and team exercises utilizing Zoom, Mural and Mentimeter.

  • About three hours of recorded video to watch before the course, allowing for interactive engaging live sessions, free of put-you-to-sleep lecture.

  • Short, concise quizzes after each video module to help you retain what you've learned.

At course completion, you will be prepared to take the Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master exam. Upon passing, you'll be a Scrum Alliance CSM.

What You Get

All testing and certification fees are covered in our training cost. There are no hidden fees or surprises with our training options.

Continued (lifetime) access to the online training materials. You can come back anytime for a quick refresher.

A complimentary copy of The Scrum Field Guide, Agile Advice for Your First Year and Beyond, part of the Mike Cohn Signature Series.

You'll get an electronic copy of the course slides, plus the outputs of all exercises, allowing you to refer to expanded learning materials for years to come.

We offer Alumni only events, such as Lean Coffee, Ask Me Anything sessions, and more. Your continued education is part of all of our live and online classes.

Each live and online Scrum class offers quizzes to help reinforce what you've learned in the videos and to track your progress.

The Scrum Field Guide

US based public class attendees will receive a complimentary copy of The Scrum Field Guide, Agile Advice for Your First Year and Beyond, voted One of the best Agile Software Development books of all time" by BookAuthority.

This guide will give you the skills and confidence needed to deploy Scrum, resulting in high-performing teams and satisfied customers.

As part of the renowned Mike Cohn Signature Series on agile development, this pragmatic guide addresses everything from establishing roles and priorities to determining team velocity, setting sprint length, and conducting customer reviews.

Course Outline

  • Foundations of Scrum and Agile – You will learn about the core of Agile and Scrum - principles and values - and how they guide and shape Scrum teams and agile organizations.

    Roles in Scrum – We will explore what it means to be a great Scrum Master, Product Owner and Developer on a Scrum team. You will learn deep insights into these roles and how they work collaboratively together.

    User Stories – You will learn, and practice, what makes a good user story. We'll cover various story sizes (epic / theme / story) and how tasks fit in the picture. We'll practice writing and critique our best and not-so-best work.

    Story Points & Estimation – Estimation is challenging. Throw in story points and it gets more confusing. You'll learn what a story point is, plus we'll look at two estimation methods, affinity estimation & planning poker.
  • The Product Backlog – The Product Backlog is the key to any successful Scrum team. We will explore what comprises a good Product Backlog, techniques for managing it and what happens when it goes unattended.

    Sprinting – In this part of the course, we dive deep into the components of a well assembled Sprint Backlog, what it really means to be done, abnormal terminations and how to decide on Sprint length.

    Release Planning – Release planning is a core component of good project management. This does not change with Scrum. We will explore how to build a release plan and estimate when the work will be delivered.

    Scaling Scrum to the Enterprise – Not all teams are in the same office, let alone the same building. We will look at how companies have successfully scaled Scrum to work in the enterprise

Customer Testimonials

I attended to the Mitch’s Scrum Master training. He is very creative in the way he explains the contents, using lot of practical examples and exercises. The experiences and stories shared by him, helped a lot to understand some more complicated subjects. He was always punctual and always tried to answer all the questions. I highly recommend Mitch to everybody that wants to learn about agile methodologies.

Daniel Gomes
Software Engineer, Quidgest

He was fantastic to work with. Mitch Lacey has great skill to analyze and summarize ideas. Experienced, precise and smart. Although extremely technically minded Mitch Lacey has the ability to communicate with simple, friendly language with a great sense of humor.

Frederico Monteiro
Senior Programmer Analyst, GFI Portugal

A sincere thank you to Mitch for a great ScrumMaster class. I really enjoyed the scenarios, the exercises, the format, and the lively discussions. I recommend a class with Mitch, as he is a great instructor and brings real-world experience to the subject matter.

Sean Hyde
Content Engineer | Project Manager | Release Manager

Mitch brings energy and excitement to Agile training. We have engaged Mitch to provide Agile & Scrum overviews to our business and technical users as well as the CSM course. In each of these sessions, people have left excited and engaged.Mitch’s combination of stories, humor and practical exercises reinforce the material and keep things interesting. He has a great ability to deviate from prepared materials and address the material that the audience wants and needs to hear.I highly recommend Mitch for anyone looking for an Agile coach or Scrum Trainer and am looking forward to bringing him back again soon!

Christina Hartikainen
Business Analyst, Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission

What It's Like

In short, our Scrum training classes are fun! You will be engaged in a way that will make you forget you're on a video call and think you're in the room with everyone else.

Our training classes are structured to maximize learning while offering time for deeper issues that are often overlooked in other training options.

PDU and SEU Credits


  • You can receive 15 PMI PDUs for this course, which can be applied towards the 21 required to be a ACT, or to maintain any other PMI certification.
  • Scrum Alliance
    This course counts as 16 SEUs (Scrum Educational Units) towards your CSP designation within the Scrum Alliance.

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Do You Have a Question?

Sometimes things come up, we understand that. If you need to cancel your course, you have two options

If the course start time is 14 days or more, you may apply your course registration fee towards another upcoming class for use within one year of the original class date. If we do not offer another course in that time, a full refund will be given minus any applicable fees. You may request a full refund if it is within 14 days of course start date

For cancellations that are within the 14-day start time of the course and a full refund is requested, a $200 fee will be applied to partially cover committed expenses.

We strive to deliver the highest quality learning experience in the industry. To accomplish this, we offer the following for this course:

A two-year membership to the Scrum Alliance, a $100 value

A PDF, color copy of the course materials, plus all class exercise materials

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) desgination after a short online exam

Exclusive Alumni Ask Me Anything sessions with Mitch Lacey, about eight per year.

You can receive 15 PMI PDUs for this course, which can be applied towards the 21 required to be a ACT, or to maintain any other PMI certification.

PDU records management is the responsibility of the credential holder. Please refer to the handbook for your certification to determine the credential PDU requirements.

Our family run business is 90% referral based, so quality is very important. We are proud to offer a no-questions-asked full money back guarantee. Simply contact us within 30 days of your training completion date for a full refund of your course registration fee, no questions asked.